Shock-loader.



I PATENTED DEC. 31, 190?,

.7. W. LAVBRENGE/ SHOCK LOADER. APPLICATION FILED 00130, 1905.

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'PATENTED DEC. 31,1907.

J. W; LAWRENCE. SHOCK LOADER,

APPLIOATIONTILBD ()O'IKSO 1906 2 SHEBTS-SHEET 2.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pi-\TENT ()Fl-ICE.

Oi" DES (UNI-1S, IOWA.

SHQCK-LOADER.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907.

Applination filed October 30.1906. Serial No. 341.326.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Join W. LAY'EREXCE, a citizen of the llnited States, residing at, Des Moines, in the county of .lolli and State of lowa, have invented a certain new and useful ShoelvLoader, of which the following is aspeoifica-tion.

The objects of my invention are to provide a loader for loading hay and the like of simple; duralile and inexpensive oolist'rtietion which is Controlled hy'the person loading the' wagon as the rack is being nth-armed by the draft animals over the ground surface.

A further object is to provide a devieil which can he easily atta-ehed to the side of the rack so that a single pair only of draft animals is 1n-.('essar that is, the same draft anii'nals which draw the rack serveto operate the loader.

A furtlIerohjeet' of my invention is to provide a, swii'ig'iinr arm at. one side of the wagon k whieh pinks up the shoeks of grain or hay, and whenthrow n into 'operath'e relation with the rear trarftion wheels, will elevate the shoolis of grain or haygathered by it onto the wagon rack.

My invent-ion eonsists in certain details .in the em'istruetion, arrangeinent1 and eomhination of the various parts of the. derive,

whereby the ohjeets contemplated ar at tained as hereinafter more fu-llv set forth. pointed out m my elallns :nidillustrated ill the aeeompaurina' drawing's, in \\'hieh- Figure I is a. rear elevation of the wagon rark and my gathering deviee.

detail ide elevation of the gratheriny -nn'ehnnisni. Fig. 2-; is a plan \-'lt-\\' of my gatherin! derive and a iortionol' the wanon rark to width it is attar'hed, and Fig. 4 'is a dvtall new ol the eluteh U| ti:llllij f meehamsm.

Referring to the a'rrompzidying drawn-H s;

l have used the roferem-e numeral It) to i|1- dieaio thoravlq whieh is mounted on the '-ordin.'ir r wagon wheels. The rear' wheels l have numhered II and .12.

. longitudinally ol' the shaft; '13." by means of it; The rock l lai'h of these wheels are. mounted on, and |n'efe|"ahl l{otat.-i.h-l \iand slidi mounted on the shaft [3 is av grooved willallow the I l arm 17 is rigidly secured to one end of a shaft in which extends longitudinally of the side of the frame, andwhirh has attarhed at its forward end an ()|')tltlilll,1'lt\,tl 1!). so arranged that. as the operating lever l.) is moved outwardly at its upper end. the IOt'h arm.17ismrrespondinglymoved to draw the groove-d pulley 15 outwardlr and foree the ratehet fared eluteh .20 which fUl'lilHl lH outi-r face of its huh 16 into engagement with the ratchet faced eluteh le'y to lie-operated as and 12 are operated.

Rigidly connected. with the central port ion of the sl'ia ft 18 is a eluteh releasing;- leieril having aright angled OXlOU-Hld]. on its upper end. This lever is so arranged that as it, is engaged by the arm of tile-gathering mechanism, to he"'hereimlfter dest'rihed, it eauses 'the elutehe's l4 and 20 out of engagement W'ifL-lfeiiela other and thus releases the arm ed pulley 1".) to allow the gathering [lei-'1: ,tohe returned to its-point of starting, in the ii'ranne'r hereinafter set forth. I

1 have providg'al a gathering derive. wldeh eomprises a. supporting arm having a. downweirdly e\'i.( indi|re portion Llipivoted to the side ofitihe hottom of the rat-kn portion 2-] f extending outwardly from the portion iii. ay 2 memher 25 exte uling rearwanll v from lluportion 24', a. memher 26 extending out- \\':H(ll from the memher J5 and a memher t 37 extending forwardly from the memla-r it, and suhstantiaillv parallel with the memher l5. Extendingontwardfv from thejnnrtion lol the lneinher 21') and the portion 2-] isn pivot. 2 adjal-ent the traetionwhee s J l to the forward end of the. melnher is a pivot. 2!). lirotallr mounted on the pivots 2S and 2!) is np'a-thering devil-e haying twosidesI-ltlandlll and :Ll'lzll'|)1Il'll()ifii2(0ll :n 'iin those sides.- Seeured' to the haul; portion It is a series of teeth I-lli. iittlllttl to tho hark portion and extending rearward! therefrom are i=\\'o handles Ill hy whieh the operator guides the gathering derive.

; Herured to the side. of the hottom of the, I rat-k and to the outer end of the inemher 2-11- 1 of thesupporting arm is a eahle 5-15 for holding the gathering de viee against rearwan'l f strains as it is adva-netal; livoted to and 5 extending outwardly from the side of --t,ho hottom ol' the mok is a seat support, having l the seat, 37 adjustahly scoured to ii.s,outer lend.

14', and ('auses tht'pulllxtending inn'ardly from apoint.

tol-e thrown ing device from its extreme elevated position animals, and'when a sulli'eient load has been ent-ol" the United States, therel'or is:-

wheel, a roe-l; shalt carried by the vehicl Pivotally secured to the central portion of the seat support 36 is a guide wheel 37" for supporting the outer end of the. seat support. Connecting the central portion of the seatsupport 36 and the sidcoi the l'iottoinof the rack is a brace 38. I have mounted two idlers 3t) and 40 on. the rack. Secured at one end to the melnber 24 otth' supporting arm of the gathering device is a rope 41 which passes over the idlcrs 3t and i0, and is secured at its other end to the grooved pulley 15 in such a way that as the grooved pulley 15 is thrown into operativerelation with the traction wheel 12, the gathering device will be swung upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 1 to'the posit-ion shown-in dotted-lines on said figure; that is, the gathering device will be elevated from a gathering position at one side of the rack to at delivering position above the rack. The spring 42 is attached at one end to the side of the rack and to the member 24 ol" the supporting arm for starting the gatherand to assist gravity in returnii'ig it as the gathering device approaches the ground, the spring 42 isexpanded downward and out ward and consequently serves to break the force oi the fall of the gathering device.

In use an operator sits upon the seat 37 and directs the movement of the gathering device. Another operator drives the dratt picked up by the gathering device, v the operator on the wagon mani nllates the operating lever 19 and throws the clutch 20 in engagement with the clutch. 14, which causes the gathering device to be elevated from a position at. one side of the wagon to a position above the wagon, as shown in dotted lint-s in Fig. 1, andfwhen the supporting arm engages the right angled extension '32 ol" the clutch releasing lever '31, the. clutch is thrown out of engagement and the gathering device allowed to Fall by gravity to its gathering position, assisted by the spring 42 which also assists in breaking the lorce oi the tall as the gathering device approaches the ground surface;

llaving thusdcsc-ribed my invention, what I claim and desire .to secure by Letters Pat- 1. lo a shock loader, the combination of a vehicle having a shaft and wheels mounted on the shaft; one of said wheels being provided at itsinncr side with a clutch number, a pulley carried by (he shall and movable in the direclion ol' lhe'length lhel'eol'and having at clutch memlrer opposed to -tlml ol' the and having an arm connc'cicrl with the pulley and also having a shalt-opcratn|g arm and a. handle, a. gut hcrmg device arranged along- I the vehicle, a vertically swinging supporting arm for the gathering device, pivoted to the vehicle and arranged when swung up ward] to engage the shaft-operating arm of the rock-shaft, the shaft operating arm being located in the path of the vertical swinging arm, and a cable passed over guides on-tlie vehicle and connected at one end to the pulley and at its 0 posite end to the supporting arm of the get ie-ring device.

2. In a shock loader, the combination of a i vehiclehaving a shaftand wheels mounted on the shattpone of saidwheels being r0- vided at its inner side with a clutchhieni er, a pulley carried by the shaft and movable in the direction ol the length thereof and having a clutch member opposed to that of the wheel, a rock shaft carried by the vehicle and having an arm connected with the pulley and also having a shaft-operating arm and .a handle, a gathering devi're arranged alongside the vehicle, a vertically swinging supporting arm for the gathering device, pivoted to the. vehicle and arranged when swung upward to engage the shaft-operating arm of the rock-shaft, the shaft-operating arm being located in the. path of the vcrtica swinging arm, a cable passed over guides on the vehicle and connected at one end to the pulley and at its 0 )posite end to the supporting arm of the gathering device, and a tractile spring connected at one end to the supporting arm of the gathering device and at its opposite end to the vehicle at a point above the supporting arm when the latter is in its lower position. 3. l n a shock loader, the combination of vehicle, a supporting arm pivoted to the vehicle and arranged to swing in the direction ol' the width thereof and having parallel portions arranged parallel to the side of the vehicle and also having a portion connecting the rear ends of said parallel portions, a gathering device pivoted on the parallel portions of the supporting arm and arranged to swing vertically, and means for raising the supporting arm. p

4. In a shock loader, the combination of a vehicle, a supporting arm pivoted to the vehicle and arranged to swing in the direction of the widthth'ereof and having parallel portions arranged parallel to the side of the vehicle and also having a portion connecting the-rear ends of said parallel portions, a

gathering devicecarried by the supporting arm and arranged to swing vertically, and means for raising the supporting arin.

' JOHN W. LAVERENC J.

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W. R. LANE, \V. l). .LA'ro-im'r. 

